Small School – Big Effort
High Character – Huge Success
Weekly Bulletin – Jan. 11, 2024
Principal’s Message
As the end-of-the-second quarter approaches, please use your resources (including clear lines of communication with your teachers) to ensure you can do your best on end-of-the-semester exams and projects. Use Schoology to make sure you are up-to-date on all assignments.
With the basketball season upon us, as you support our student-athletes, please keep in mind that the purpose of athletics is to promote the physical, mental, social and emotional well-being of individual players and their fans. Everyone who is in attendance is expected to display proper ideals of sportsmanship, ethical conduct, and fair play. Be loud, be proud and be positive!
Student Focus
Dear Families,
This week our school community focused on the character strength of prudence. We started the week discussing that prudence means you plan for the future and achieve your goals by making careful everyday choices.
Prudence is the ability to do the right thing for the right reason, at the right time. It’s a future-oriented way of thinking that helps a person set goals, make plans, and have the discipline to accomplish them. It is cognitive – more a strength of the head than of the heart.
Prudence supports effective individual self-management. Whether aspiring for an athletic record, academic grade, or purchasing a car, foresight and planning are necessary. However, even with a plan, long-term goals can only be obtained by overcoming those impulses and desires that steer you away from your goals. Prudence provides the wisdom to know which character strength to leverage, at which time, to achieve your desired end state.
To practice and encourage the character strength of prudence with your child, please share stories where you have used prudence to achieve your goals.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Tools for Schools
Help our school earn classroom equipment by shopping at Price Chopper for all your holiday essentials! Simply enroll your AdvantEdge Card, shop and our school will earn credit towards classroom equipment, all donated by Price Chopper!
Enroll at https://rewards.pricechopper.com/. Our school code is: 16850.
Share this post to get family, friends and neighbors to sign up, too. The more supporters we have, the more opportunities our school has to earn points when they shop! Thank you.
Clay Target League
WHAT: Informational New TEAM Member Meeting – SSCS Clay Target Team
WHERE: Community Library, Sharon Springs, NY
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024
TIME: 6:30pm
Anyone interested in joining is invited to join us that evening where they can ask any and all questions, find out about how we work, meet our coaches and some of our team members.
Interested team members must be 12 years old prior to Mar 25, and have their NYS Hunters Safety Course completed before signing up. Sign ups begin on Feb. 1.
For more questions, contact our FB page, or email us at sscsclaytargetleague@gmail.com or call (518) 605-0122.
Sweetheart Dance
Sharon Springs Central School PTO presents a Kindergarten – 5th grade Sweetheart Dance!
Friday, February 9, 6:00-8:00pm
SSCS Old Gym
$5.00 Entry Fee per family
(Snow date: February 16)
DJ, Dancing, Photo Booth, Free Snacks and Drinks
Winter Recess Preparedness
Now that our weather is colder, a reminder to K-5 parents and students to make sure they are prepared for outdoor recess time. (Snow boots, snow pants, hats, gloves/mittens and warm coats.) Please make sure your K-5 child has warm weather attire each day to go outside so they can participate in recess.
Share this post to get family, friends and neighbors to sign up, too. The more supporters we have, the more opportunities our school has to earn points when they shop! Thank you.
Community Focus – A Service to the Sharon Springs Community
Sharon Springs Public Library Winter Hours for January, February and March are:
Monday 10:00am-6:00pm
Tuesday 1:00pm-6:00pm
Wednesday 1:00pm-6:00pm
Thursday 10:00am-6:00pm
Friday 1:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm
Weekly Bulletin Submissions
SSCS will continue to produce this document each week as a service to the SSCS community. Similar to last year, classified ads, such as advertisements for the sale of items, help wanted ads, etc., will no longer be accepted. Advertisements will only be accepted if it relates to a potential educational benefit for our students or it has the potential to benefit the Sharon Springs community. SSCS reserves the right to edit any submission. For consideration, please email by 3 p.m. on Tuesdays to weeklybulletin@sharonsprings.org.
